Smart Cities For Dummies

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781119679943 Author(s): Jonathan Reichental Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2020 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Pages: 384 Series: For Dummies

Description: Become empowered to build and maintain smarter citiesA‚  At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban centers across the world. The movement to create smarter cities is still in its infancy, but ambitious and creative projects in all types of citiesA?big and smallA?around the globe are beginning to make a big difference. New ideas, powered by technology, are positively changing how we move humans and products from one place to another; create and distribute energy; manage waste; combat the climate crisis; build more energy efficient buildings; and improve basic city services through digitalization and the smart use of data.A‚  Inside this book youA?ll find out: What it really means to create smarter citiesHow our urban environments are being transformedBig ideas for improving the quality of life for communitiesGuidance on how to create a smart city strategyThe essential role of data in building better citiesThe major new technologies ready to make a difference in every community Smart Cities For Dummies will give you the knowledge to understand this important topic in depth and be ready to be an agent of change in your community.

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